Journal article
Effect of Enalapril on Survival in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions and Congestive Heart Failure
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with congestive heart failure have a high mortality rate and are also hospitalized frequently. We studied the effect of an angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, enalapril, on mortality and hospitalization in patients with chronic heart failure and ejection fractions less than or equal to 0.35.
METHODS: Patients receiving conventional treatment for heart failure were randomly assigned to receive either placebo (n = 1284) …
Authors
Yusuf S; Pitt B; Davis CE; Hood WB; Cohn JN
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 325, No. 5, pp. 293–302
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
August 1991
DOI
10.1056/nejm199108013250501
ISSN
0028-4793